Ontario College of Art

LMS: My Courses

• Further development of in-house LMS
• Permanent hire of one full time developer
• Development of Gradebook application with integration to backend SIS ready for rollout Sept 2008
• Redesigned GUI
• Expansion of second largest proprietary image database in Canada. Adding video.
• Some addition of AJAX/Web 2.0 functionality

iTunes U

• Purchase of Leopard Podcast Server
• Podcasted lectures for 7 classes over course of year, plus Professional Gallery

Web Conferencing / Collaboration

• Implemented Octopz collaboration software for students in laptop program, and all faculty
• Will be implementing Acrobat Connect Pro for Admin and Academic Admin, Oct 2008

Video Conferencing

• Installed, configured H.323 high-def video conferencing / Access Grid facility
• Delivered two distance courses up to Dawson City, Yukon via video conferencing. Local prof, remote class. Pocasted lectures simultaneously.
• Participated in VROC, ABEL other video conferencing initiatives

Web 2.0

• Pilot project for Blogging with implementation of Wordpress MU for curriculum
• Pilot project for using MediaWiki for curriculum
• Purchase of institutional Second Life island for student curriculum and art projects
• Check out my Web 2.0 Presentation at http://blog.ocad.ca/wordpress/amcallister/2008/07/30/web-20-presentation-at-ocad/

non e-Learning Educational Development at OCAD (2008)

--TA development initiatives for Writing & Learning Centre TAs and other TAs on campus --formal acknowledgment of TA development participation in the works --with growth of graduate studies, greater interest in TA development at OCAD on issues in teaching and learning in higher education at OCAD --Faculty Orientation = main faculty development focussed event at OCAD --no Centre for Educational Development at OCAD yet